Shoe ventilating and sweat preventing device



Nov. 10, 1931. NLROSENTHAL 1,831,396

SHOE VENTILATING AND SWEAT PREVENTING DEVICE Filed Nov. 23. 1929 retested Nov. 10, 1931 UNITED STATES MORRIS ROSENTHAL, OFBRONX, NEW YORK SHOE VENTILATING AND swnA'r PR VENTING DEVICE Application filed November 23, was. Serial No. 409,345.

' This invention relates to improvements in foot-wear, and particularly ashoe provided with ventilation and it is the principal ob ect of my invention to provide a shoe with means for keeping the foot cool and well ventilated, especially during walking, and to do away with the obnoxious odors caused by readily perspiring feet.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a ventilating device for shoes or foot wear of any material and shape, allowing the creating and passing of a current of air between its upper or vamp, and an outer cover therefor.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a shoe equipped with a ventilating device of comparatively simple and inexpensive construction, yet durable and eflicient in operation, particularly adapted for use by persons having perspiring feet.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a ventilating" device for shoes and other foot wear allowing a free circulation of air-between the perforated vamp and an outercover spaced therefrom, particularly during walking and thus doing away with obnoxious odors, burning of feet and tiring of the same and finally thereby greatly increasing the wearing quality of the shoe.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds and will then be specifically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shoe constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section, parts being broken away to illustrate the interior construction.

Fig. 3 is across-section on line 33 of Figure 2.

As illustrated, a shoe of any well known construction, shape, color, and material in-. cluding its customary heel 10, sole 11 and cap 12 has a plurality of openings 13 formed in its vamp 14, and the latter isvcove'red by an external covering 15 of suitable material harmonizing with the other parts of the shoe shoe laces etc.

ankle seam 20 extends somewhat above the and stitched at its upper margin to the vamp and at its lower edge to the welt of the shoe spaced from the vampintermediate its ends, this stitching indicated at 16, so as to leave a flap 17 spaced and separated from the upper 18, said upper being provided with the customary eyes 19 for the passage of the The outer cover 15 at the vamp on both sides of the same, as indicated at 21 and is also provided with a plurality of openings 22. In this manner an air conduit is formed between vamp and cover, communicating at the front and at the rear with a the atmosphere 7 g It will be obvious that during walking an air current will circulate constantlybetween the inner perforated vamp and its outer covering, the air entering the space between flap 17 and upper 18 and leaving through the openings 22 of the extended cover at the ankle seam or vice versa.

This air circula-. Y

tion will cool and ventilate the shoe and will be found particularly beneficial for readily perspiring feet, alleviating the burning sensation of the feet and consequent tiring of the entire body.

It will also be clear that the proper ventilation of the shoe will greatly increase the (111- ways to construct the same by changing the construction thereof within the scope of the appended claims without departure from the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A ventilated shoe comprising a' per-' forated vamp, a cover for the same spaced from said vamp, a flap at one end of'said cover spaced from said vamp to allow the entrance of air, and lateral flaps at the ankle seam extending above the vamp and spaced therefrom and perforatedto allow the air entering at the flap to bedischargedthus I providing an air circulation between vamp and cover,

2. A ventilated shoe comprising a vamp having a plurality of perforations therein, an outer cover for said vamp spaced therefrom and stitched at its upper and lower edges to the vamp and the welt respectively,

a flap formed with said cover spaced from the shoe upper at the front end of the shoe, and a pair of lateral flaps formed with said cover at the ankle seam spaced from the Vamp and extending somewhat above the same and perforated, said spacing permitting the circulation of air between said open cover flap,

the vamp and its cover andtlie openings in said lateral flaps.

Signed at New York in the county of New York, and State of New ,York, this 14 day of November, A. D. 1929,

MORRIS ROSENTHAL. 

